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    <head>
      <title>1989 Honorable Mention Dottie's Mexican Wedding Cookies</title>
      <categories>
        <cat>Cookies</cat>
        <cat>Holiday</cat></categories>
      <yield>48</yield></head>
    <ingredients>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>cup</unit></amt>
        <item>Butter, softened</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1/2</qty>
          <unit>cups</unit></amt>
        <item>Confectioners' sugar</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>2</qty>
          <unit>cups</unit></amt>
        <item>All-purpose flour</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1/4</qty>
          <unit>teaspoons</unit></amt>
        <item>Salt</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>teaspoon</unit></amt>
        <item>Vanilla</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>cup</unit></amt>
        <item>Chopped pecans</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty/>
          <unit/></amt>
        <item>Confectioners' sugar for</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty/>
          <unit/></amt>
        <item>Garnish</item></ing></ingredients>
    <directions>
      <step>  Preparation time: 15 minutes Baking time: 10 to 12 minutes per batch
  
   1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until smooth in mixer
  bowl. Add flour, salt and vanilla and mix until blended. Mix in nuts.
  
   2. Roll teaspoon-size pieces of dough in a ball and put onto an ungreased
  cookie sheet. Bake until light golden, 10 to 12 minutes. The cookie bottoms
  should be golden brown. Roll cookies in confectioners' sugar immediately
  after baking.
  
  Honorable mention went to Kathleen Shelton of Marengo. These cookies freeze
  well. from the Chicago Tribune second annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie
  Contest December 14, 1989
  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #340
  
  From: Linda Place &lt;placel@worldnet.att.net&gt;
  
  Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:07:01 +0000
 
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